Clutch needs adjustment?

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by MrDinkleman

The "self adjustment" for clutch wear is handled by the little spring pushing the piston in the slave cylinder. Which is how, AFAIK, all hydraulicly actuated clutches are set up. Without the spring, the pushrod would just fall out as the clutch wears. Mechanically actuated clutches (e.g., cables or linkages in old American cars or cables on motorcycles).

Exactly. For everyone's benefit, I've been slow-walking this to determine whether the disagreement was in semantics, or understanding.


Also, as the clutch wears, the slave piston becomes further compressed. Without the equalization, the clutch [operating mechanism] would eventually tighten and [the clutch would] begin to slip. I learned this the hard way 30 years ago with my 240Z. The clutch didn't wear as much as the system actually pumped up when it got hot.